Road Fighter is getting the movie adaptation therapy once more following 1994’s Road Fighter and 2009’s Road Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Earlier this month, the brand new Road Fighter film’s solid was introduced in a splendidly nostalgic approach, with 50 Cent being among the many lineup. The 2026 film launch has been filming for a month now, and the Energy actor has shared some intense movies displaying his coaching he’s going by means of for the function of Balrog.
The primary video that fifty Cent posted on his Instagram web page exhibits flashing black and white footage of him jumproping, set to James Brown “It is a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.” As you may see, he’s working up fairly the sweat so he’s in form to play Balrog, who was launched to the online game franchise in 1991’s Road Fighter II.
Clearly 50 Cent is just not half-assing it on understanding to verify within the type of bodily situation we anticipate Balrog to be in when the occasions of Road Fighter unfold. That is additional evidenced within the second video, the place the Expend4bles star is pummeling a punching bag whereas his personal track, “Many Males (Loss of life Want),” is taking part in.
If Road Fighter is faithfully adapting its supply materials, then 50 Cent’s Balrog will likely be one of many film’s antagonists. Within the video video games, he’s often depicted as working for M. Bison, who will likely be performed on this film by David Dastmalchian. Whether or not that’s the case or this new adaptation is taking the character in a unique path, 50 Cent is certainly in combating kind as the newest live-action Balrog, following behind Grand L. Bush from the 1994 film and Michael Clarke Duncan from The Legend of Chun-Li.
Set in 1993, Road Fighter will observe Andrew Koji’s Ryu and Noah Centineo’s Ken being recruited by Callina Liang’s Chun-Li to participate within the World Warrior Match, at which lies a “lethal conspiracy.” The remainder of the film’s solid contains Jason Momoa as Blanka, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalism, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli and Alexander Volkanovski as Joe. Kitao Sakurai is directing the characteristic of a script written by Dalan Musson.
With Paramount Photos now dealing with Road Fighter’s launch with Legendary Photos and Capcom reasonably than Sony Photos, catch it on the massive display screen beginning October 16, 2026. It follows per week after the discharge of fellow Paramount film The Legend of Aang: The Final Airbender.